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Labor and Employment Moot Court Team Writes Best Petitioner’s Brief
Robert Dyar, Morgan Epperson, and J.T. Lewis, all 3Ls, performed well in the Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court competition at New York Law School in Manhattan during the first weekend of Spring Break. They competed in six rounds of oral argument over two days against teams from across the country,…
Alabama Law Wins Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
Caroline Page, Robert Pendley, and Margaret Reiney, all 3Ls, won the 26th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. The Duberstein Competition is the preeminent national bankruptcy moot court competition and one of the largest single-site appellate moot court competitions in the country. Teams from forty seven schools competed in this year’s event at St. John’s…
Alabama Law Hosts Public Interest Career Fair
The Law School hosted 30 nonprofit and government employers at its fifth annual Public Interest Career Fair on Tuesday, March 6. About half of the attending organizations also conducted interviews with law students seeking summer internships. “This is a great opportunity for our students to meet practicing public interest lawyers and learn more about this…
Alabama Law Hosts Symposium on The Role of Lawyers in Good Government
Sitting and former U.S. Attorneys visited The University of Alabama School of Law March 2 and discussed the role lawyers play in government. The symposium, “The Role of Lawyers in Good Government,” was held in the McMillan Lecture Hall in Room 287 and consisted of three panels. It gave participants an opportunity to hear the views…
Trial Advocacy Team Travels to Pittsburgh
Alabama Law’s Trial Advocacy Competition Team competed in the 55th Annual Allegheny County Academy of Trial Lawyers Mock Trial Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 21-23. Each mock trial was presided over by a sitting federal judge at the United States Courthouse for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The team was comprised of Meg Deitz, 3L, Krystina Jackson, 3L, Ashley Ross, 2L, and Ben Edwards, 2L. The team…
Environmental Moot Court Team Competes in National Competition; Students Win Three Best Oralist Awards
The Law School’s National Environmental Law Moot Court Team – Lauren Bakke, Haley Cobb, Samuel Sun – and student coach and advisor, Sydney Schaefer − performed in masterful fashion at the National Competition, which was held in New York from February 22-24. Fifty-six law schools participated in this year’s competition – the nation’s most prestigious…
Maynard Cooper & Gale Announces $200,000 Pledge to Law School Foundation
Maynard Cooper & Gale is pleased to announce a $200,000 pledge in honor of Founding Partner and former Chairman, Boots Gale, to the Law School Foundation to further enhance the Fournier J. “Boots” Gale Endowed Scholarship. The Boots Gale Scholarship was originally created in 2004 with significant gifts from John McMahon and the Protective…
U.S. Attorneys Richard W. Moore, Jay E. Town, and Donald Q. Cochran to Speak at Alabama Law
Current and Former U.S. Attorneys will visit The University of Alabama School of Law March 2 to discuss the role lawyers play in government. The symposium, “The Role of Lawyers in Good Government,” will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the McMillan Lecture Hall in Room 287. The event is free and open to the public….
Alabama Law Remembers Professor Emerita Camille Wright Cook
Dear Alabama Law Alumni: I write, in sadness, to let you know that Camille Wright Cook died yesterday. Her son (and fellow alumnus) Sydney Cook reported this morning that she passed away at home, surrounded by family, listening to Frank Sinatra. Camille was part of an impressive lawyering family. She was the daughter of Judge…
ABA Moot Court Team Advances to National Competition
Two moot court teams from University of Alabama School of Law competed last week in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition. The team of Jessica Pagano, Caroline Stephens, and Mary Caroline Wynn, all 3Ls, won the regional final (defeating Ohio State twice) and will advance to compete in the national finals in April. This team…